Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-05-09
SERMON TO RED MEN.
My Neighbor. VINO /. He2

10y request, the Rev. Robert II. Will
| liams preached a sermon before Chesa-
peake Tribe of the l. o. Red Men last
night, in the Presbyterian Church. He
took for his text the 1Sverse of 10 cbanter
of Leviticus: But thou shall love thv
neighbor as myself"
After showing from the teachings of
Christ that our neighbor is the person TO
whom God affords us the opportunity of
doing good, the preacher said Re thought
that TINS society, and others similar to it.
put thelr members in the position of
neighbors as completely as any organiza-
tloh beyond the church. In very special
sense the fellow member is your neigh
Dor.
Your society is brotherhood. and that
idea of brother opens a broad subject for
our reflections Bat that is dwelt upon so
much, and it is SO familiar to YOU. that
while not losing sight of 1t, / desire to
present tonight this other thought that is
presented by your society, of neighbor.
III is not because man is rich or poor,
that he is received as a members or re-
Jected. 1t is not because he is merchant
or mechanic, or professional man that
he is received or rejected
Then your aim is to be helpful to each
other, to do what you can to encourage
your fellow members. You aim not only
to have the respect of each other, but to
keep each other worthy of your respect
and love. This helpful feature of YOUR
work, to my mind, is very admirable
trait of these societies. You help your
fellow members to live an industrious,
temperate, moral life. In doing this you
are doing great and good work. In doing
this you awaken that Independent spirit of
which you boast. That thought, we be-
lieve, is expressed in your motto. In de-
veioping these traits of character your
members are not found among the dis
contented and dangerous classes, who
keep the country in state of excitement
The moro | see of the world the more |
see that men need what your society gives
to its members, namely-encouragement,
hope, friendship and charity. An en-
couraging word will go further oftentimes
than money. 1t is great thing for
man to feel that somebody cares for him,
and this your members feel.
The great army of discontents, who are
giving the authorities in some parts .of
our land so much trouble, have reached
their desperate condition through way
wardncss and sin, through neglect by
others, and they feel that they are left to
themselves, that no one cares for them.
What many of them want is friend, who
will speak words of cheer in times of adj
versity and trouble.
Every man should make faAands and if
possible keep them. There are dark days
in every ones experience when friendly
voice will do much to encourage Count
that disaster when you loose judicious
friend, either by death or otherwise. And
remember, too, that you cannot keep your
friends without thoughtfulness and care
fullness
Some one has said:
"A tiny, slender, siken thread
To friendship, and we make it
Bind hea It's and lives to hearts and lives,
But cen breath may shake il,
And oft it takes but one wee word
But one wee word to break it,"
1t will be a satisfaction, as we come
down to the close of life, to feel that we
have many true friends who in our re-
moval will say: We have lost friend.
Sir Robert Peel, the great British states
man, as he approached the close OF life,
said: Il have left the Queens service; /
have held the highest offices in the gift of
the crown, and now going out of public
life, the happiest thought have is that
when the poor man breaks his bread in
his humble cottage he thanks God that |
ever lived. /"
We can all live in the recollection of
others. What opportunities you have,
members of this fraternity, to be remem-
bered. Your fellow members. are your
neighbors and brethren. You look to each
other for counsel and aid. You have
witnessed trying scenes in the homes of
some you have relieved. You will see
them again. and you will be remembered
for your encouragement and aid.
Now you are to love your neighbor as
you love yourself-not as some men love
themselves, for self love degeneratas often
into selfshness, and the man becomes in
capable of loving anybody but himself.
Nor on the other hand, is it that kind of
self love that hayward men have. That
really is no love, for when man has lost
all respect and love for self, his love for
others must be very little.
What is meant by loving as we love
ourselves is, that we should love others as
we ought TO love ourselves. Now the love,
dear friends, that leads you out of your
selves to benefit the bodies of your fellow
men and to improve their condition ought
to lead you to think also of the greatest
good not only to their bodies but to taeir
souls. Remember the souls of your fell
low members, and encourage them to see
Il ose benefits which they can find alone
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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